Faculty by Expertise
Delaware Law faculty members are experts on a wide range of topics, including corporate governance and business law, civil law, constitutional law, criminal law, environmental law, family and health law, legal education/ethics, property/wills and trusts, and tax law.
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Elena L. Cohen, JD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Law
Areas of Expertise: Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Civil Rights Litigation, Criminal Law and Procedure, Sex, Gender, Sexuality and the Law, Religion and the Law, and Protest and the Law
Keeshea L Turner Roberts, JD
Assistant Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: Access to Justice, Civil Procedure, Civil Trial Practice, Domestic Violence, Family Law, and Poverty Law
Admitted to the District of Columbia Bar.
Serena M. Williams, JD, LLM
Emerita Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: landlord/tenant law and property law
Admitted to the Pennsylvania State Bar.
Margaret H. Zhang, JD
Assistant Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: civil litigation and civil procedure, diversity/equity/inclusion, employment discrimination law, environmental justice, pregnancy and parenting and the law, reproductive rights and justice, sexuality and gender and the law, work law
Admitted to the Pennsylvania bar.
Elena L. Cohen, JD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Law
Areas of Expertise: Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Civil Rights Litigation, Criminal Law and Procedure, Sex, Gender, Sexuality and the Law, Religion and the Law, and Protest and the Law
Erin Daly, JD
Emerita Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: transitional justice, constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, and First Amendment
Admitted to the California State Bar.
Alan E. Garfield, JD
Distinguished Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: copyright law, free speech, and church and state issues
Admitted to the New York and California State Bars.
Bruce Grohsgal, JD
Helen S. Balick Professor, Business Bankruptcy Law
Areas of Expertise: bankruptcy and secured financing
Admitted to Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New York State Bars.
Geeta Kohli, JD, MFA
Associate Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: corporate law, contract law, women's rights, literature and narrative justice, and corporate social responsibility
Admitted to the New York State Bar.
Paul Regan, JD
Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: corporate/business law and litigation and contract law and litigation
Admitted to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware State Bars.
Luke M. Scheuer, JD, MA
Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: corporate law, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy, and corporate finance
Admitted to the Massachusetts and New York State Bars.
Jonathan H. Kerr, JD
Assistant Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence, and trial practice
Admitted to the Maryland State Bar.
Judith L. Ritter, JD
Distinguished Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: criminal procedure and criminal law, death penalty, post-conviction, and clinical legal education
Admitted to the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York State Bars.
Kenneth T. Kristl, JD
Emeritus Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: environmental law, clean water legal issues, solid waste legal issues, environmental litigation, siting of liquefied natural gas terminals, federal environmental policies/practices/procedures, use of scientific data in the law, legal issues of environmental science and data, environmental aspects of land use (including zoning and planning), and environmental issues of Marcellus Shale development
Admitted to the Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Illinois State Bars.
Margaret H. Zhang, JD
Assistant Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: civil litigation and civil procedure, diversity/equity/inclusion, employment discrimination law, environmental justice, pregnancy and parenting and the law, reproductive rights and justice, sexuality and gender and the law, work law
Admitted to the Pennsylvania bar.
John G. Culhane, JD
Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: civil liability, torts and tort reform, product liability, HIV and the law, public health issues, the law of sexual orientation, and family law
Admitted to the New York State Bar.
Dana Harrington Conner, JD
Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: violence against women, domestic violence, domestic violence homicides, family law, student practice, professional responsibility, ethical issues and the representation of battered women, and access to justice
Admitted to the Delaware State Bar.
Alicia B. Kelly, JD, LLM
Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: property law, family law, economic rights between spouses, gendered nature of family work, impact of family law on women, tension between work and family law
Admitted to Pennsylvania and Colorado State Bars.
Keeshea L Turner Roberts, JD
Assistant Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: Access to Justice, Civil Procedure, Civil Trial Practice, Domestic Violence, Family Law, Poverty Law
Admitted to the District of Columbia Bar.
Dana Harrington Conner, JD
Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: violence against women, domestic violence, domestic violence homicides, family law, student practice, professional responsibility, ethical issues and the representation of battered women, and access to justice
Admitted to the Delaware State Bar.
Judith L. Ritter, JD
Distinguished Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: criminal procedure and criminal law, death penalty, post-conviction, and clinical legal education
Admitted to the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York State Bars.
Elizabeth Beavers, JD, LLM
Assistant Professor of Law
Areas of Expertise: counterterrorism law, international human rights law, international humanitarian law, constitutional war powers, protected rights and liberties impacted in the name of national security, and economic sanctions
Leslie A. Johnson, JD
Associate Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: wills and estates and property
Admitted to the Pennsylvania State Bar.
Alicia B. Kelly, JD, LLM
Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: property law, family law, economic rights between spouses, gendered nature of family work, impact of family law on women, tension between work and family law
Admitted to Pennsylvania and Colorado State Bars.
Serena M. Williams, JD, LLM
Emerita Professor, Law
Areas of Expertise: landlord/tenant law and property law
Admitted to the Pennsylvania State Bar.